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Forum: Public Discussion 09/01/09, 9:31 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
Back from my ban. I have something to share this...

Back from my ban. I have something to share this time.

I am studying software engineering, and learning about Java GUI's as I read this forum, so i decided to try my hand at a GUI interface program...
Forum: The Dung Heap 08/29/09, 6:33 AM
Replies: 30,104
Views: 1,888,264
Posted By Thorgred
I haven't done any parsing on armor values for a...

I haven't done any parsing on armor values for a while - when I get this app up and running I should be able to do that easily.

Just to go over the app that I'm writing: this is how I imagine they...
Forum: The Dung Heap 08/28/09, 12:21 PM
Replies: 30,104
Views: 1,888,264
Posted By Thorgred
I am currently studying 1st year computer...

I am currently studying 1st year computer programming at Uni and we're learning GUI's in Java.
So i thought i'd do some extra-curricular activities and make an iLevel calcluator (that would be a lot...
Forum: Paladins 06/22/09, 5:11 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
For a paladin, the risk of being parry-gibbed is...

For a paladin, the risk of being parry-gibbed is negligible at any attack speed, compared to a warrior, DK or Druid. We simply don't have enough parryable attacks. A warrior will have 2 to 3 times...
Forum: Paladins 06/20/09, 6:00 AM
Replies: 571
Views: 336,481
Posted By Thorgred
Things I can see from this: Ardent Defender...

Things I can see from this:

Ardent Defender 'Cooldown'. Whilst this makes AD a no-brainer, it also makes tanking brainless. I already find tanking as a warrior much more challenging (in a good way)...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/28/09, 11:08 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
I think the fish might be intended to be a Blue...

I think the fish might be intended to be a Blue weapon.
Given that its lv78 requirement / 187 iLevel is consistent with other blues.
Forum: Public Discussion 05/24/09, 10:19 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
Some (i think) interesting items that should be...

Some (i think) interesting items that should be checked closely, are the 2 ring and the 5 ring.

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As far as i know they are the only epics without other epics at their item level.
To me,...
Forum: Paladins 04/13/09, 8:31 PM
Replies: 3,523
Views: 1,876,751
Posted By Thorgred
Just wondering what people are doing with their...

Just wondering what people are doing with their spare talent points.
As far as i can see, THIS ...
Forum: Paladins 03/21/09, 2:29 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
Does anyone else feel that having 3 talents in...

Does anyone else feel that having 3 talents in one tree dedicated to mana regeneration is:
a) Overkill
b) Bloat
c) Poor Design
d) All of the above.
Forum: Paladins 03/20/09, 1:35 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
On the other hand, SA is awesome in so many...

On the other hand, SA is awesome in so many situations where the boss attacks slow, you can't avoid for whatever reason, damage is primarily magic, you're DPS'ing... . I hear there is at least one...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/18/09, 12:43 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
The formula i used doesn't fit for weapons back...

The formula i used doesn't fit for weapons back to iLv100 - but that's to be expected, given the small initial sample size. A few changes and the addition of all the 100-145 weapons gets 0.0032535x^2...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/17/09, 8:48 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
According to my graphics calculator (which has...

According to my graphics calculator (which has never failed me in the past), weapons in LK more closely follow a quadratic model rather than a linear. Taking X as the ilevel, this is what i came up...
Forum: Paladins 03/10/09, 9:57 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
As far as i can recall, Hit is theorized to...

As far as i can recall, Hit is theorized to actually become as good as/better than strength for TPS on bosses by Ulduar. Think the graphs were on maintankadin.
I would never gear intentionally for...
Forum: Paladins 03/10/09, 6:05 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
On the other hand, Paladins' chance to get...

On the other hand, Paladins' chance to get parry-gibbed is laughably low compared to what the other 3 tank classes have to deal with, with the added bonus that you will at least block every single...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/09/09, 10:53 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
Just some quick testing for WoTLK items got me...

Just some quick testing for WoTLK items got me the following plate formulas:

Greens: 8.843*X + 41.214
Blues: IF(X<180): 12.095*X - 121.881
IF(X>180): 5.728*X + 1020.709
Epics: 4.517*X +...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/09/09, 10:47 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
- Armor Formulas: I wrote the ones on wowwiki...

- Armor Formulas: I wrote the ones on wowwiki myself. However that was during BC and i haven't updated since then. There seems to be a (very) slightly different armor formula in WotLK.
I just plotted...
Forum: Paladins 03/02/09, 5:50 PM
Replies: 553
Views: 291,828
Posted By Thorgred
Using the spreadsheet, i'm still noticing DPS...

Using the spreadsheet, i'm still noticing DPS increases up until 446 Hit Rating. Is something wrong here, or does this signify that a lot more of our DPS than i thought is coming from spell-hit...
Forum: Paladins 02/23/09, 6:34 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
Has it been discovered yet what the boss parry...

Has it been discovered yet what the boss parry rate is? Dodge rate is 6.5%, but i see conflicting ideas of parry between 11 and 15%
If so could it be put on the OP?
Forum: Paladins 02/20/09, 5:41 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,152,754
Posted By Thorgred
Heres a photo of me getting crit by...

Heres a photo of me getting crit by Keleseth.
Picasa Web Albums - Travis - WOW (http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/BXZbkhl5PYj95W91gwx_Fw?feat=directlink)

I was just starting heroics, but i'm,...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/11/09, 6:46 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
As said before blizzard has ways of artificially...

As said before blizzard has ways of artificially making items 'bad'. They've admitted to spending item points on sub-optimal stats on tier7 gear so that tier 8 will be better.
For example, as you...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/11/09, 8:09 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
What i mean to say with the lower/higher thing is...

What i mean to say with the lower/higher thing is that an item is most probably designed with some kind of slider bar, or % template as you suggest.

If their % template is followed exactly,...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/10/09, 6:30 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
In the spreadsheet i created to investigate BC...

In the spreadsheet i created to investigate BC iLevels, I found that the best way to find the correct iLevel was to give each stat +/- 0.5. This could result in a difference of up to 5 iLevels either...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/10/09, 3:36 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 75,271
Posted By Thorgred
As the author of a lot of the more recent updates...

As the author of a lot of the more recent updates on the wowwiki discussion on this topic i'm quite interested in the itemisation formulas. Mostly, i'm interested in working out which are the...
Forum: Paladins 10/23/08, 10:34 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Does JoL healing get credited to the player who...

Does JoL healing get credited to the player who it heals, or to the player who cast the judgement?

If its given to the Judging player--- could this be used for obscene threat amounts for a Prot...
Forum: Paladins 10/17/08, 10:24 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Numbers redone on HOTR vs Spelldamage...

Numbers redone on HOTR vs Spelldamage weapons.

Hammer of the Righteous: Threat = 1.9 * (DPS + AP/14)*4*1.1 (1h spec).
1dps provides 1*3*1.1*1.9/6 (duration) threat = 1.393 Threat.

Melee Swings:...
Forum: Paladins 10/16/08, 9:39 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Auras are now off the GCD, but share a 1 second...

Auras are now off the GCD, but share a 1 second cooldown with each other.
Source (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11228504556&sid=2000&pageNo=1)

However, GC doesn't seem to...
Forum: Paladins 10/04/08, 7:21 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
considering that we get 15% stength for 5 points...

considering that we get 15% stength for 5 points i wouldnt really be complaining :) I also wouldn't care if the crit got removed for no return: its still the 6% stamina that you take that talent...
Forum: Paladins 10/03/08, 10:51 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
How does beacon work in terms of spiritual...

How does beacon work in terms of spiritual attunement?
Ie, if you cast the beacon on yourself and heal another target, do you get mana back from that heal?
Forum: Paladins 10/02/08, 10:46 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
yes: your critical heals with the glyph are half...

yes: your critical heals with the glyph are half of what they would be without. Thus for Sheath builds, the HOT you recieve is half the size.
At 200% the glyph was bad for a sheath build, at 140% its...
Forum: Paladins 10/01/08, 8:39 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
I think that we need a new heal somewhere between...

I think that we need a new heal somewhere between FoL and Holy Light in efficiency/hps. Right now the option of healing 8k or 2k isnt enough when the tank is taking 3k damage per second - either you...
Forum: Paladins 10/01/08, 6:08 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
What's to stop people speccing 2x/0/4x and...

What's to stop people speccing 2x/0/4x and wearing hunter mail for healing?

AP -> SP with sheath
Haste/Mp5/Intellect, self explanatory
Crit - you may have to search for pieces with crit instead of...
Forum: Paladins 10/01/08, 4:41 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Recapping some blue posts: Source...

Recapping some blue posts:

Source (http://blue.mmo-champion.com/5/10043322049-gc-word-on-holy-blue-request.html)
Holy on the other hand was and continues to be an amazing healing spec. We didn't...
Forum: Paladins 09/30/08, 8:39 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Ok Blizz makes no sense. I've actually come the...

Ok Blizz makes no sense.

I've actually come the the conclusion that they are confusing holy Priests with holy Paladins. There is actually no other explanation.

For example: Divine Plea. Blizz have...
Forum: Paladins 09/30/08, 10:29 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
My observations was using a low level axe (a...

My observations was using a low level axe (a weapon type i haven't used for many many levels) so i had only ~100 weapon skill and thus very low hit rate. Against the basilisks and moths outside...
Forum: Paladins 09/30/08, 1:38 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Doing some testing on the current PTR for holy...

Doing some testing on the current PTR for holy shield:
coefficients seem to be 5.6% AP and 9.0% SP. Could anyone confirm and if so change the OP?
Forum: Paladins 09/29/08, 8:04 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
HotR does gain dmg based off AP, from my testing...

HotR does gain dmg based off AP, from my testing on PTR.

Hammer of the Righteous: Threat = 1.9 * (DPS + AP/14)*3*1.1 (1h spec).
1dps provides 1*3*1.1*1.9/6 (duration) threat = 1.045 Threat.

Melee...
Forum: Paladins 09/29/08, 12:23 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Ugh. Just jumped on the PTR and my paladin went...

Ugh. Just jumped on the PTR and my paladin went from 498 defense to 462. Come back, uncrittable!

In addition to losing some Def for Strength, tanks will have lost the 20 defense skill from talents...
Forum: Paladins 09/29/08, 8:02 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
I've already done a few comparisons regarding...

I've already done a few comparisons regarding this.
Basically the end result:
1 Weapon DPS= 2.1 TPS
1 Spelldamage = 0.38 TPS.

On epic level weapons you get approximately 7 Spellpower for every DPS...
Forum: Paladins 09/28/08, 9:20 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Just a note Wrathblood - the 11pt talent is...

Just a note Wrathblood - the 11pt talent is always a single point talent.
I agree that our 11pt talent should be a mitigation one.
The way i see it, tanks have 3 roles:
Damage Attraction - Gain...
Forum: Paladins 09/28/08, 2:10 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
IMO you lose far to much out of both specs to...

IMO you lose far to much out of both specs to make Sheath healing a viable build anymore.
Really what you gain is a HoT on your crits. Is that worth losing 5/11% crit, holy shock, IoL? I wouldn't...
Forum: Paladins 09/26/08, 9:37 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Illumination can't return to 100%. At increased...

Illumination can't return to 100%.
At increased crit rates, there is an exponential increase in the mana regen. As crit rates go from 75-100% you reach literally infinite mana return.

75% return...
Forum: Paladins 09/26/08, 1:07 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
The whole ret itemisation discussion is moot. We...

The whole ret itemisation discussion is moot. We will be using warrior/dk gear with no intellect, no mp5 and no SP.
End of discussion.

Bascially the whole JotW problem shows a couple of things, most...
Forum: Paladins 09/24/08, 10:58 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
I was never a fan of holy to begin with, but......

I was never a fan of holy to begin with, but... wow.
Are blizzard playing the same holy class as the rest of us paladins? Perhaps they are playing Holy Priests instead?

I heard that blizz were...
Forum: Paladins 09/24/08, 4:06 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
I'd like to see Reckoning changed also: even if...

I'd like to see Reckoning changed also:
even if the 'backwards scaling' is not changed, i think that the 4 charges should be removed.
Basically, 4 charges creates a situation where the optimum weapon...
Forum: Paladins 09/24/08, 1:36 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Its very sad news to see that the Devs think Holy...

Its very sad news to see that the Devs think Holy is fine.
Considering that they know they created raid mechanics specifically to harm us, realized what was going wrong in BT/sunwell and have done...
Forum: Paladins 09/23/08, 1:00 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Remember at lv60 when crusader strike was...

Remember at lv60 when crusader strike was introduced?
And everyone was saying 'omg the sky is falling and ret pallys kill us in 1 stun'
-nerf, and then we suck at 70 until the patch.
Don't get us...
Forum: Paladins 09/23/08, 10:39 AM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
Glyphs Just did a search of all the glyphs on...

Glyphs

Just did a search of all the glyphs on Wowhead. Not sure if there is any better way to look for them.

Major Glyphs:
Prot:
Spirtual Attunement (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=41096) Increases...
Forum: Paladins 09/23/08, 10:01 AM
Replies: 2,705
Views: 901,829
Posted By Thorgred
I made this post over at Maintankadin regarding...

I made this post over at Maintankadin regarding our stat scaling:




Edited to compensate for change to ShoR scaling.
And also with reference to what I posted earlier on that same thread:
Forum: Paladins 09/22/08, 10:53 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
I was always a fan of Beacon of Light becoming...

I was always a fan of Beacon of Light becoming Glyph of Holy Light on steroids:

Your healing spells on the Beacon heal up to 5 nearby party or raid members for 20% of the amount healed on the...
Forum: Paladins 09/22/08, 7:44 PM
Replies: 5,793
Views: 799,802
Posted By Thorgred
How does Sacred Shield work? Does it scale from...

How does Sacred Shield work?
Does it scale from spellpower? Attack power?
I think holy needs a talent to improve Sacred Shield and Divine Plea.

I also believe that the holy tree mostly sucks and...
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